INDEX 



761 



Fattening qualities of ox, sheep, and pig compared, 



90-2 



Fatty tissues, storage of, see Fattening 

 Feces, 29, 36 



energy lost in, 45-8 

 Feed, consumed by various classes of animals, see 



Horses, Cows, etc. 

 cooking, for farm animals, 271-2; 



dairy cows, 404; horses, 296; 

 pigs, 609 



preparation for farm animals, 269-72; 

 calves, 426; cows, 364, 404; 

 horses, 296-7; pigs, 607-10; 

 sheep, 543-4; steers, 468, 473-4 

 regulation of sale, 192 

 returns from, by various farm animals, 



90-2 

 soaking, 272 



for dairy cows, 404; horses, 296; 



pigs, 607-10 



waste, utilized by live stock, viii 

 see Feeds, also Feeding stuffs 

 Feed adulteration, 191-3 

 Feeding standards, 112-39 



for dairy cows, comparison of, 133 

 for dairy cows, Eckles', 133; 



Haecker's, 131-3; Savage's, 133 

 Scandinavian, 131 

 Woll-Humphrey, 132 

 for farm animals, 112-39 

 Armsby, 121-8 

 Kellner, 120-1 



Morrison, 134-9, 140-7, Appen- 

 dix Table V 

 Wolff, 112 

 Wolff-Lehmann, 113-4, 118-20, 



Appendix Table IV 

 for lambs, Bull-Emmett, 125 

 history of, 112-3 

 only approximate guides, 117 

 Feeding stuffs, 151-272 



adulteration, 191-3 



carbonaceous, 42 



coefficients of digestibility, 38-40, 



Appendix Table II 

 composition, 9-12, Appendix Table I 



factors influencing, 50-2 

 control, 192-3 

 cost of, considering in computing rations, 



140-7 

 digestible nutrients in, 40, Appendix 



Table III 



fertilizing constituents in, 275-7, Appen- 

 dix Table III 



for various classes of animals, see 

 Horses, Cows, dairy, etc. 

 guide in purchasing, 192 

 market prices not guide to value of, 140 

 measuring usefulness of, 37-55 

 mineral matter in, 8, 10, 66-7, Appendix 



Table VII 



mixed or proprietary, 191 

 net energy values of, Armsby's, 121-3, 



127-8, Appendix Table VI 

 selecting for economical rations, 140-7 

 starch values, Kellner's, 120-1 

 true value of, for work horses, 286 

 variations in composition, 50-2 

 see Feed 



Feeds, see Feeding stuffs, also Feed 

 Feed units, 128-31 

 Fertility, buying, in purchased feeds, 277 



selling, in crops, 277 

 Fertilizers, essential elements in, 273 



see Manure 

 Fertilizing constituents in feeding stuffs, 275-7, 



Appendix Table III 

 Fertilizing value of feeds, retained and voided by 



animals, 274 



Fertilizing value of feeds, British system of com- 

 pensation for, 278 

 Fermentation in paunch, 23 

 Feterita, 170, 171 



for pigs, 638; sheep, 558; steers, 476-7 



Feterita fodder, 203 

 Fiber, 6 



digestion of, 23, 27 



how determined in feeds, 11 



loss of energy in digesting, 48-50 

 Field bean, see Bean, field 

 Field pea, see Pea, field 

 Filly, weight of, at birth, 321 



time to breed, 320 

 Fish meal, 186 



for dairy cows, 375; pigs, 652 

 Flat turnips, see Turnips 

 Flavor of milk affected by feed, 355 

 Flax feed, 179 

 Flax oil-feed, 179 

 Flax plant by-product, 179 

 Flax seed, 177 



for calves, 427 

 Flax straw, 219 

 Flesh formation, 76 



Flesh meal for dairy cows, 375; sheep, 561 

 Flock, see Sheep 

 Flour, manufacture of, 158 

 Flour, red dog, 160 



Flour wheat middlings, see Wheat middlings 

 Foaling time, care of mare at, 320 

 Foals, care of, 321-8 



cost of raising, 327-8 



creep for, 323 



feed for, 323-8 



fall, 321 



forcing draft, 325-8 



gains of, 321-3 



mineral matter for, 325 



raising orphan, 324 



weaning, 324 



weight of, at birth, 321, 322 



see Co It 



Fodder corn, see Corn fodder and Corn forage, etc. 

 Food, see Feeds, also Feeding stuffs 

 Forage, coarse, see Roughage 



green, digestibility of, 52 

 Forage poisoning, 253 

 Force, see Work 

 Foot-ton and foot-pound, 284 

 Fowl meadow grass, 213 

 Fruit, 249 



for horses, 316 

 Fruit sugar, 4, 5 

 Fuel value of feed, see Energy 



Gains, by dairy calves, 433; foals, 321-3; 



lambs, 540; pigs, 599-601; 

 sheep, 540; steers, 448-52 

 Gains, comparative, by various animals, 90-2 

 Gains of growing animals, 76-8, 84-6 

 Garbage for pigs, 641 

 Gasoline and steam engines compared with animals, 



44, 45-6, 105-6 

 Gastric juice, 21 



Germ oil meal, see Corn germ meal 

 Gestation period of cow, 408; ewe, 577; mare, 320; 



sow, 694 

 Glucose, 4-5 



in blood and muscles, 34, 103 

 manufactured from corn, 155 

 Gluten feed, 156 



for cows, 368; horses, 309; pigs, 662; 



sheep, 561 ; steers, 486 

 Gluten meal, 156 



for cows, 368; horses, 309 

 Gluten of wheat, 158 

 Glycogen, 34, 103 



stored in liver and muscles, 34, 103 

 Goat, Angora, 597 

 milk! 598 

 Goitre, 68 



in calves, 362, 508; lambs, 546; pigs, 



605 



Goober, see Peanut 



Grains, see Cereals, also Corn, Wheat, etc. 

 grinding, see Grinding grain 

 >und, digestibility of, 52 

 jing down ripe, 67 "> 



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